Example sentences of "[prep] a year it " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a year it was so hard that Chola and Mina had to hack it out with adzes . |
| 2 | When first purchased my specimen hardly ventured out of its hidey-hole , a flowerpot , but after a year it can be seen hopping out of its hideout at most times of the day — particularly at feeding times . |
| 3 | If the haemoglobin remains normal after a year it should then be checked after a further year or sooner if the patient becomes symptomatic . |
| 4 | In the course of a year it meets on about half as many days as the House of Commons and never on more than three days in a week . |
| 5 | At the end of a year it 's good to look back and to feel that you have made some progress in your spiritual life . |
| 6 | A tea bush requires constant attention : if not plucked for a year it can take two years to return to normal ; if bushes have to be uprooted , new ones take seven years to come into production . |
| 7 | In a year it would be dead , forgotten . |
| 8 | Frequently they are relevant and will be followed on appeal — but during the six months to a year it takes for an appeal to come to a hearing the minister could have changed , while the current appeals will have been lodged long before the words have been spoken . |